OpenSea trading volumes nosedive as ETH activity falls to 2021 levels

NFT marketplace OpenSea is seeing user activity drop on its platform to its lowest level since 2021. The NFT platform, once hailed as the leading NFT marketplace, is now struggling to hold its dominance as newer platforms like Magic Eden and Blur are capturing more activity. Data from Token terminal show that OpenSea’s NFT trading volumes have nosedived 33% over the past...

Electric Capital to address cross-chain cnalytical data challenges with new NFT venture

Electric Capital, a web3 venture capital firm, is delving into the analytical aspect of the NFT market to address two unresolved issues. In an X thread on Mar. 22, Electric Capital founder Avichal Garg unveiled a new analytical platform designed to address the scarcity of cross-chain data and transparency within the turnover of digital collectibles. Named NFT Pulse, the...

Opensea introduces Seaport 1.6, cutting gas fees up to 5% for some transactions

OpenSea and the Seaport Working Group have released Seaport 1.6, the most recent version of the NFT marketplace protocol for the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) ecosystem. ‘Seaport hooks,’ a new feature of the upgrade, is modeled around Uniswap v4 hooks. The goal of this feature is to facilitate the development of applications that increase NFTs’ utility and...